Cupcakes

Roses and Buds

Large Sugarpaste Roses

I made these roses from modeling paste that I made from fondant and CMC powder.  Start with a 25mm polystyrene ball, take a piece of wire and make a small loop in one end.  Push the straight end of the wire through the poly ball and build the rose on this light weight core.  I used a 5cm circular cutter to make petals and then thinned the edges and centers with a ball tool.  I used the edible glue to attach the petals.

Raspberry Cream Gateaux

This is a really attractive cake made with fresh raspberries and cream.  It is a 5 egg layer cake ( method as layer cake in earlier blog) filled with 200g of raspberries and 300ml of double cream and topped with fondant icing and more raspberries.  The raspberries have been soaked in creme de fruits rouges overnight to give them that edge.